Showing posts with label The Wanderer of New Hope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Wanderer of New Hope. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Cool Tool - Kindlegraph

Who said "E-Books couldn't be personalized?"  Well, now they can!  Check out this cool tool and register your Kindle E-Book!

http://kindlegraph.com/

Thanks, Dolly!

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Six Month Check Up!

It has been awhile since I have posted to The Peak Pages so I will be stepping it up to provide you with informative and hopefully actionable posts to help sell books and get exposure.  But first, some updates:

Over the course of the last few months, we released two novels:  The Wanderer of New Hope, A New Hope Valley Ghost Story by Bob Crowley and Storm Surge, A Jonie Waters Mystery by Tamara Ward.  Both are available at All Booked Up, Amazon and in Kindle format.  Storm Surge was also released to Nook. 

In May, we released The Rusty Bucket Kids, A Behind the Scenes Look at Lincoln, Journey to 16.  The book was released on May 7th, amidst the very busy Peak Fest in Apex, NC.  We are working on making the book (with two different cover options) available on the Nook and via a new digital service called MagicBlox. 

The First Line - It Was Cute Until was released on Amazon and will be available at All Booked Up in a couple of weeks.  Congratulations to our young and talented authors in NC and VA.

Stone-Upon-Stone, released in June, by Brian Barnette of Fayetteville, NC has made its way to the launch at All Booked Up.  Folks are buying through Amazon and All Booked Up.  The book will soon be available on the Nook and MagicBlox.

We have one last release to finish off our 2010 list - The Night by Jay Requard.  His book is in the final stages.  We are running into cover "tweaks" which are taking an inordinate amount of time to fix....but, we will get there!

Welcome to our new author, Mark Thomas of Atlanta, GA.  Mark is a middle school teacher and the creator of the next [kid-friendly] 'F' book.  His book, is a comedic tale of Lance Chance and his troubles with gas!

We are close to signing on another children's book and another novel for 2012!  Looks like another exciting year for Peak City Publishing and its authors!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Have You 'Googled' Yourself Lately?

Sounds a little dirty, but it’s really an inexpensive and powerful way to see what others are reading about you, if they’re reading anything at all.  How often have you met someone and later looked them up on Google?

As an author, it is important that your name is associated with the image and reputation you want them to remember.  Your readers, editors, and reviewers will make decisions on what they see and read online, which will in turn, translate into: 

  • Is this person legit? 
  • What is this person into?
  • Where is this person listed?  
  • Should I buy/read/censor (grin) his/her book?

When I first ‘Googled’ Bob Crowley, author of the upcoming Peak City Publishing release of “The Wanderer of New Hope,” I came across the winner of the 2008 Survivor- Gabon show, who goes by the same name.  Then, another:  a theatre director, scenic and costume designer in Ireland, and even more interesting, Robert Trumbull Crowley,  the former Assistant Deputy Director of Clandestine Operations of the CIA who is the subject of another book, about the conspiracy to “force” John F Kennedy from the Presidency.  

So, What about Bob?

Well, searching by RT Crowley, we find our Bob!  He is, at a glance,: 

  • “a pioneer in the development and practice of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) ... (Wiki Link)

  • Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area - Senior Vice President at Research Triangle Software, Inc.  (Linked In Link)

  • Jan 5, 2011 ... In the novel, The Wanderer of New Hope, author and local historian, R.T. Crowley , takes the reader through the history of the valley of New ... (NC Writers Network Link)

  • NEWPORT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE - MIDDLESEX TRNPK PHASE II BEDFORD, MA  (Huh?  Well this doesn’t matter, for now)

So, then what matters?

What matters is that our Bob came up in the top 3 links!! 


I will cover how we did that in a later post.  For now, go Google yourself!  Do you like what you see?

Monday, January 3, 2011

The Spectre, a Poem by Claudio Oswald Niedworok

The Spectre

Oh, restless wanderer who leaves no tread,
when was the moment of your dread?
What fearful symmetry undone
became your arrow in the sun?
Why does your spirit not depart
these injuries you took to heart?
And why, oh why, do you still roam
these withered lands you once called home?

       Claudio Oswald Niedworok
Master Storyteller and Author
http://www.claudioarts.com/